Since 2011, government processing of green card applications has taken longer and longer. Concerns expressed by lawmakers, immigration advocates, and the public prompted Senator and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Claire McCaskill (D-MO) in late-2016 to ask the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the DHS to review these green card processing timelines. USCIS, the agency with oversight for reviewing green card applications, aims to adjudicate green card applications within 120 days. That goal was not being met.
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